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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including former minnesota governor and current vice presidential contender, tim pawlenty, who called mitt romney reagan-esque this morning on "morning joe." >> you know, we just nominated mitt romney, or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition. a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle. somebody who's produced results. so to look at that and just say, you know, the party wouldn't be capable of endorsing a ronald reagan-type figure today, i think mitt romney is a ronald reagan-type figure. >> last night, fox news's
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including...
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. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now as the ultimate cold warrior. he could never have gone out there saying, as mitt romney did, well they kept the drones and we should go in there and bomb the place or invade. that was mitt romney's position in the primaries. ronald reagan never took those positions. well, there was grenada. there was such a wide gap over these many decades between the ronald reagan who actually was president and the ronald reagan that they think they're following. >> the bombing of the marine bar racks during reagan and he just retreated. ari, 13 days is going to go so fast. where do you think
. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now...
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mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to trend republican. so the week before the election, you had ronald reagan c campaigning in new york city trying to win new york. jimmy carter was campaigning in texas, unimaginable today. it was a very different map, and that's one of the reasons that it's so hard for romney to win this election. what's amazing is we've seen republicans make this ronald reagan comparison before. about four years ago when john mccain fell in the polls, his people also trying to draw that comparison. >> to your point, let me put up the screen on the r
mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to...
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here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm making your argument for you. >> the big problem i have with this argument, well, i have a lot of problems with the argument, first of all, george bush is not on the ballot, president obama is. how has the president done and what is his vision for the next four years? this is a curious time to blame george bush. it's a long end to his administration. he could have made that the first year, but this is three and a half years into his administration. and job growth has been so stagnant and remarkably lousy that i just don't think it works with most voters. i know
here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm...
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reagan. >> when ronald reagan talks about god, when paul ryan talks about god, he exists. not that he doesn't exist outside of the middle part of the country, but he's alive and well between new york and california. >> reaganesque attributes. >> ronald reagan. >> i think he's more like barry goldwater, but that's another story. welcome back to "the ed show." conservatives love to compare paul ryan to ronald reagan. turns out they're totally wrong. one of reagan's own budget architects wrote a scathing critique of ryan's plan in the times. they say his budget yields only a rounding error's worth of savings. and it boils down to a fetish for cutting the top marginal income tax rate for the super wealthy in america. and reagan's budget director goes on to say he calls ryan's plan phony and calls it devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. so we thought tonight we would take a closer look just at the numbers. joins me is david kay johnson, pulitzer prize winning writer. medicare, the way they want to do this right now, ryan wants to turn it into a voucher. this is what
reagan. >> when ronald reagan talks about god, when paul ryan talks about god, he exists. not that he doesn't exist outside of the middle part of the country, but he's alive and well between new york and california. >> reaganesque attributes. >> ronald reagan. >> i think he's more like barry goldwater, but that's another story. welcome back to "the ed show." conservatives love to compare paul ryan to ronald reagan. turns out they're totally wrong. one of...
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i ink the other interesting comparison to ronald reagan is there's two ronald reagans. there was the ronald reagan who worked with democrats, who made tax reform a priority will you also raised taxes, who signed the deral law that ruire orpleny iat the e.r. ronald reagan worked across the aisle on a lot of things and then there's the ronald reagan we hear about only in the gop primary debates, a conserve ty ideologue at every turn. if you talk about the first reagan, obama has tried to follow that path, but he's had less cooperation on offer from the congress. he didn't -- >> chris, can i make t points s.nan k-- that reagan ended his first term with a higher misery index than obama currently has. reagan's recessionas also a fairly induced recession in order to wring inflation out of the economy, a it happenednd beon w. obama inherited a financial collapse recession which of their nature lasts longer, and it happened before he got there. thinthatelpslahe er. if you look at the gallup poll of approval of reagan and obama, you will see they're the closest of any two presid
i ink the other interesting comparison to ronald reagan is there's two ronald reagans. there was the ronald reagan who worked with democrats, who made tax reform a priority will you also raised taxes, who signed the deral law that ruire orpleny iat the e.r. ronald reagan worked across the aisle on a lot of things and then there's the ronald reagan we hear about only in the gop primary debates, a conserve ty ideologue at every turn. if you talk about the first reagan, obama has tried to follow...
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and ronald reagan went ahead and did it anyway. and since it was illegal and he couldn't get the money from congress to do it, in order to fund this illegal thing he wanted to do, he sold weapons to iran, seriously. and yeah, this was after the hostage crisis. this was at a time when it was very clearly illegal to sell weapons to iran. illegal. very obviously. it's not like we weren't paying attention to iran at the time o there was some loophole or something. it was blatantly, flagrantly illegal. where reagan got the money from and also what he did with the money, illegal. he broke the law overtly and on purpose. and these were huge, international, world-changing crimes. this was not putting a bug in the office of the democratic party chairman's office, right? this was not stealing somebody's psychiatric records, like watergate was, right? this was missiles to iran, that really did get delivered in order to fund the breaking of another law in central america. and when reagan got caught, as he inevitably had to, the reagan administ
and ronald reagan went ahead and did it anyway. and since it was illegal and he couldn't get the money from congress to do it, in order to fund this illegal thing he wanted to do, he sold weapons to iran, seriously. and yeah, this was after the hostage crisis. this was at a time when it was very clearly illegal to sell weapons to iran. illegal. very obviously. it's not like we weren't paying attention to iran at the time o there was some loophole or something. it was blatantly, flagrantly...
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i work for ronald reagan and ronald reagan used to say if a man agrees with me eight out of ten times that's about good enough to have a political party. >> is that still good enough in the party? >> it better be because he can't really govern unless you have that view and i think all said and done i think that's the way mitt romney looks at things. i watched mitt romney as governor of massachusetts, what i saw there as a practical man, a man who knows how to make it. >> is that guy still controlling the situation after all the promises? >> everybody unfortunately runs differently than they govern. barack obama was against mandates. we've got a mandate because it was the practical outcome of the discussions with pelosi and reid. i think if you look to the way mitt governed in massachusetts that's about the way he'll govern as president. >> jesse in california said if you can't drink their booze, eat their food and sleep with their women and vote against them in the morning you shouldn't be in this business. do you think -- you're laughing because you've heard it before. do you think g
i work for ronald reagan and ronald reagan used to say if a man agrees with me eight out of ten times that's about good enough to have a political party. >> is that still good enough in the party? >> it better be because he can't really govern unless you have that view and i think all said and done i think that's the way mitt romney looks at things. i watched mitt romney as governor of massachusetts, what i saw there as a practical man, a man who knows how to make it. >> is...
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go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very simple. very, very simple. and we go back to father pat buchanan, who always -- >> mon-signore. >> and this is the way that -- i mean, you should look at it. he always talked about political athletes. barack obama was a great political athlete. hillary clinton, a great political athlete. in 2012, the conservatives were the clunkers. that didn't run the 4.3 40. they run the 7.4 40 while eating a big mac and smoking a cigarette. and mitt romney wasn't flashy, but the moderate this year had the best operation, was best in the debates, and was the best political athlete, which again is not saying a whole lot. but
go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very...
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reagan. >> and ronald reagan who is a natural step in what we have always found in the country a democrat, lower case d, synthesis. >> and i'm surprised at jfk, because a martyred president whose assassination shaped the way a generation of historians and writers have looked at him as a fallen good president, and do you believe that jfk will farewell 50 years from now? >> yes. i base my opinion on evan's great treatment of his treatment of bobby kennedy, because when you think of the son of a president, an appeaser who is sittinaround in a room having the manhood and the courage challenged by generals over nuclear missiles and his having the courage to compromise and to make the deal he made to avoid what could have been a nuclear war in october of 1962, and yeah, you get on the mountain. >> so when is it going to matter how a president treats women? >> soon. [ laughter ] >> that is a weighted question by someone who would never put jfk or another certain president on there. >> because of the personal conduct? >> yes. >> and treating people who are in many ways far below him on a level of
reagan. >> and ronald reagan who is a natural step in what we have always found in the country a democrat, lower case d, synthesis. >> and i'm surprised at jfk, because a martyred president whose assassination shaped the way a generation of historians and writers have looked at him as a fallen good president, and do you believe that jfk will farewell 50 years from now? >> yes. i base my opinion on evan's great treatment of his treatment of bobby kennedy, because when you think...
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ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute. and then you'll feel just great. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise fina
ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute....
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reagan, in uttering the words ronald reagan. you can't just say ronald reagan like a spell, and wonderful things begin to happen. in the 2008 presidential campaign, former massachusetts governor mitt romney introduced his reagan zone of economic freedom. not the romney zone of economic freedom, mr. romney does not have that sort of power yet. it was the reagan zone of economic freedom. president obama in his foreign policy team have pursued a policy of taken china's misbehavior to the world trade organization to try to stop china from cheating wherever possible and question their human rights, but romney thinks that turns america into a door mat. he thinks president obama is letting china walk all over him. he would not push china on that wto stuff. his solution instead is to create a reagan zone. a reagan zone for all of the countries around china. while it is extremely unlikely china would join the reagan zone, our offer to allow china to join would modify their trade and industrial behavior. seriously, that's the plan. it's u
reagan, in uttering the words ronald reagan. you can't just say ronald reagan like a spell, and wonderful things begin to happen. in the 2008 presidential campaign, former massachusetts governor mitt romney introduced his reagan zone of economic freedom. not the romney zone of economic freedom, mr. romney does not have that sort of power yet. it was the reagan zone of economic freedom. president obama in his foreign policy team have pursued a policy of taken china's misbehavior to the world...
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ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute. and then you'll feel just great. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. governor of getting it done. you know
ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute....
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romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the main themes, chuck, we're going to be seeing? >> well, i think what you saw is we have the two also sort of strategies coming out here. yes, we have this vision sort of two-party vision that i think is going on. i'm starting to wonder out loud if we're going to almost have like a parliamentarily style offering from the two parties and you know, winner takes all type of thing. i think there's some gee graphic and map issues when it comes to senate and house races. ultimately, there seems to be two very stark camps. the other thing i notice is what the president did yesterday -- tie mit
romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the...
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he could not get through a republican primary today. >> if ronald reagan is considered the father of modern conservativism, and having shifted the country back to the right, and the projection by members and leader ins the party is that he would not win a gop primary, or a gop nomination race, does that push them way beyond being a feasible competitor for the white house this year? >> sure, we'll see, i mean, the point that huntsman and obama are making is an interesting rhetorical one, but i think there is a little more at work here. and you know, because mitt romney is to the left of what reagan would have been, or what his record previously was, so what republicans are showing today is that you don't necessarily have to have a kind conservative attitude, but as long as you espouse, you know, extreme conservative views during the primary, then if you're the establishment candidate you can get through. so if ronald reagan would have distanced himself from everything he did as california governor and his first term in the white house, then he would have been able to get through a rep
he could not get through a republican primary today. >> if ronald reagan is considered the father of modern conservativism, and having shifted the country back to the right, and the projection by members and leader ins the party is that he would not win a gop primary, or a gop nomination race, does that push them way beyond being a feasible competitor for the white house this year? >> sure, we'll see, i mean, the point that huntsman and obama are making is an interesting rhetorical...
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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last night, arguing that he is more like reagan than is mitt romney. >> governor romney cannot defend his record, he can't defend his past, kent defend what he's done and so his goal is to somehow throw enough mud at me. and i think it's all gonna wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, i campaigned with him in 1980, i helped him for eight years while he was president, i have made a movie about him, i have written a book about him. to suggest that governor romney is more reagan like than i am is an ac
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last...
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think about ronald reagan. jimmy carter had a lot of great lines in his debate with ronald reagan in the 1980 debate, but ronald reagan kept saying there you go again. in 1984 walter mondale was beating ronald reagan. but reagan said i'm not going to let age be a determining factor, because my opponent is younger than me and less experienced than me. he used humor and well-timed phrases make a big difference in these debates. >> chris, joe raises an interesting point, the same point that matthew dowd raised in a national journal piece. in preparing for the debates, romney and president obama needs to remember that judgments on winning or losing are much more stylistic than substantive. the public isn't interested in getting more detail-specific policy, but in getting pointers about people on stage. when debates have moved in the numbers in the past, it's been result the impressions, mannerisms, style. is it going to be all about style trumping substance? >> he's partly right. he debates especially when you see
think about ronald reagan. jimmy carter had a lot of great lines in his debate with ronald reagan in the 1980 debate, but ronald reagan kept saying there you go again. in 1984 walter mondale was beating ronald reagan. but reagan said i'm not going to let age be a determining factor, because my opponent is younger than me and less experienced than me. he used humor and well-timed phrases make a big difference in these debates. >> chris, joe raises an interesting point, the same point that...
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let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not know until i got your book today. why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. back in the cold war i wouldn't want to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor, an exec be tif named gordon manning. they wanted to make it more visual and make it not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted to go by the rosettes that the british party used and so they went red for the democrats making it sync up with the labor party and blue fo
let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not...
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and he pointed back to ronald reagan. at the end of the speech did something important which said look, our post war america was strong. because we had a bipartisan consensus about the roll of the government and in growing the economy. it wasn't the government did it alone. it wasn't the government controlled everything. it was that we built roads and we funded rnd and funded schools and public universitys. because that made smart people and it made businesses strong. and we are stuck because this republican party has moved so far to the right they won't even -- they won't meet me where ronald reagan met democrats or where nixon met democrats. so he's saying his goal -- the three of us can disagree about whether or not this is going to be effective. you have to break the stalemate. you have to tell the republican party. why have you gone off a cliff and why have you lost your minds? >> but, john, we don't have a parliamentary system. if the status quo is maintained, i'm not sure anybody on either side of the aisle will be
and he pointed back to ronald reagan. at the end of the speech did something important which said look, our post war america was strong. because we had a bipartisan consensus about the roll of the government and in growing the economy. it wasn't the government did it alone. it wasn't the government controlled everything. it was that we built roads and we funded rnd and funded schools and public universitys. because that made smart people and it made businesses strong. and we are stuck because...
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let's listen. >> we'll call another state for ronald reagan. it's a big one. it's his home state of california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. we fill in that big chunk of the map with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon and washington. >> it looks like an urban swimming pool over there. >> why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. i wouldn't want it to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason why it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor. they wanted to do something to liven up the coverage and make it more visual and not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted it to go by the colors of the british parties. they went red for the democrats make i making it sim k up. when the other networks basically imitated the maps, they changed it. so you were seeing an inconsistency across the networks. it was finally ma
let's listen. >> we'll call another state for ronald reagan. it's a big one. it's his home state of california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. we fill in that big chunk of the map with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon and washington. >> it looks like an urban swimming pool over there. >> why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a...
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now a federal judge, nominated by ronald reagan, is playing politics with this by demanding that the justice department write a letter explaining the views. >> that letter needs to be at least three pages, single spaced, no less. and it needs to be specific. it needs to make specific reference to -- >> i'm surprised he didn't say what color ink they should use. first of all, most americans think the conservative dominated court is ruled by plucks. in fact, 75% think politics will influence the supreme court's decision on health care and the health care law. second, it's ridiculous that conservatives would be upset about questioning a judge's authority. gingrich said he would haul judges before congress to explain decisions he didn't like. >> would you send is the capitol police down to arrest him? >> if you had to, you instruct the justice department to send a u.s. marshal. >> it sounds like a bully to me. but newt is not the only republican who has been worried about judicial activism. >> unfortunately, some judges give into pressure and make law instead of interpret it. >> republic
now a federal judge, nominated by ronald reagan, is playing politics with this by demanding that the justice department write a letter explaining the views. >> that letter needs to be at least three pages, single spaced, no less. and it needs to be specific. it needs to make specific reference to -- >> i'm surprised he didn't say what color ink they should use. first of all, most americans think the conservative dominated court is ruled by plucks. in fact, 75% think politics will...
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reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all feeling that, since members of the media -- >> we want a better show. >> we outweigh the people at the events. >> and by the way, it's not -- we're not just talking about the democrats. anybody that saw mike huckabee work a crowd, deliver a speech -- >> exactly, great characters. >> you would sit there, chris, and pat buchanan always talks about political athletes. . >> mm-hmm. >> we don't have political athletes in this field this year, whereas four years ago, they were all over the place. >> did you see christie out here, governor christie in new jersey -- >> there is a politic
reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all...
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. >>> finally, move over ronald reagan and george herbert walker bush as well, for that matter. last week, former florida governor jeb bush said that even though 2012 might have been his opportunity to run for president, his willingness to compromise on issues like revenue increases could have been a deal breaker for the gop base. well, today, he went back another generation while speaking with reporters in manhattan. "ronald reagan would have, based on his record of finding accommodation, finding some degree of common ground, as would my dad, they would have had a hard time if you define the republican party as having an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement, doesn't allow for finding some common ground. back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support." we all saw the 2012 republican candidates make a big show of invoking reagan throughout the primary season but were they kidding? if reagan had been a contend they are time around, according to jeb, we have been drummed out early on. >>> up next, is president
. >>> finally, move over ronald reagan and george herbert walker bush as well, for that matter. last week, former florida governor jeb bush said that even though 2012 might have been his opportunity to run for president, his willingness to compromise on issues like revenue increases could have been a deal breaker for the gop base. well, today, he went back another generation while speaking with reporters in manhattan. "ronald reagan would have, based on his record of finding...
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he said ronald reagan would have -- sorry. this is to the reagan question, whether reagan would have been part of this party. ronald reagan would have based on his record of finding a combination, finding some degree of common good, as would my dad. they would have haira hard time you define the republican party as having an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement and doesn't allow for finding common ground. he parsed that a lot. but has this party become so extreme that george w. bush, george h.w. bush, even ronald reagan would not have a seat at the table? >> we were talking in the break about how this debate about big government versus small government is not one that i'm particularly skilled at making because i worked for a republican president who actually expanded the role of the federal government in education accountability who actually believed in adding a new benefit to the way we take care of older americans, a federal benefit, a prescription drug benefit. so i made the opposite argument in the george w. bush
he said ronald reagan would have -- sorry. this is to the reagan question, whether reagan would have been part of this party. ronald reagan would have based on his record of finding a combination, finding some degree of common good, as would my dad. they would have haira hard time you define the republican party as having an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement and doesn't allow for finding common ground. he parsed that a lot. but has this party become so extreme that george w. bush,...
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ronald reagan self-described heir promises to go the distance. >>> the rnc chair in need of a life vest after a questionable comparison involving the president. we have new details. >>> as florida voters prepare to head to the polls, one of the top issues driving voters will be housing. florida is among the hardest hit by foreclosure. diana joins us from washington. hello to you. >> hi. >> i can bet they are angry. they are definitely inpatient. >> absolutely. if you're a politician in florida, and you're going to talk about the housing market, you better have a plan in place to convince them you will help them. florida is ground zero for the housing crash. there was an incredible amount of investor flipping of houses, sub prime lending. home prices are down 50% from the height of the housing. florida makes up 8% of all the mortgages in america, but 25% of all foreclosures and florida is a judicial state. that means forclosures have to go before a judge. that's really lengthened the time line. it takes 806 days to foreclose on a property in florida. so many of them underwater on their m
ronald reagan self-described heir promises to go the distance. >>> the rnc chair in need of a life vest after a questionable comparison involving the president. we have new details. >>> as florida voters prepare to head to the polls, one of the top issues driving voters will be housing. florida is among the hardest hit by foreclosure. diana joins us from washington. hello to you. >> hi. >> i can bet they are angry. they are definitely inpatient. >>...
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. >> your idol was ronald reagan. he compromised. >> he didn't compromise his values. >> the fact is you never compromise on principals. if people on the far left have a principal they want to stand by and those of us on the right should not either. >> karen, it's like he is in line with some of the leadership in his party that just seem to hate the word or the thought of compromising for a greater good. >> yeah, it's become the new c-word that you should not say. certainly i think that will make continuing to have a divided congress if that's where we end up, it will make things even more difficult. >> dana, let me be clear about the reason why this is so concerning to me. when you look at the fact that lugar was consistently rated as a strong conservative not a person in the wrong party, his lifetime con servive rating was 77% so here is a man, 77% rated conservative, yet he was defeated last night by 22%. in 2008 he won by 87% of the vote. last night he lost by 22% of the vote. if someone raided that conservative c
. >> your idol was ronald reagan. he compromised. >> he didn't compromise his values. >> the fact is you never compromise on principals. if people on the far left have a principal they want to stand by and those of us on the right should not either. >> karen, it's like he is in line with some of the leadership in his party that just seem to hate the word or the thought of compromising for a greater good. >> yeah, it's become the new c-word that you should not say....
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i think of ronald reagan. that's the ultimate recent example. there was a point there in -- >> roosevelt was a democrat. >> i always remember 20 years ago there was a poll that came out that sounded like at that point jimmy carter was more popular and better remembered by americans than ronald reagan. 20 years later you say how could that have happened? can you talk about the reagan experience and what lessons presidents can draw from that in terms of their own reputations in history. >> oftentimes if you have one president that the party looks back to, oftentimes there's not been later presidents or candidates that really captured the party's imagination. if people were in love with george w. bush or some republicans in love with mitt romney, i think you'd hear less about ronald reagan than you do. same thing about fdr. you went to a democratic convention and you mentioned fdr you and you think it's almost recent. >> to this point of how the legacy comes about, how much is actually based on the merit of what the president accomplished in his te
i think of ronald reagan. that's the ultimate recent example. there was a point there in -- >> roosevelt was a democrat. >> i always remember 20 years ago there was a poll that came out that sounded like at that point jimmy carter was more popular and better remembered by americans than ronald reagan. 20 years later you say how could that have happened? can you talk about the reagan experience and what lessons presidents can draw from that in terms of their own reputations in...
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ronald reagan in 1984 it was in the low 7s. he said the same thing. so if people listen to barack obama, if they find that persuasive he'll win the election. >> let's talk about the dreaded by most accounts split of the electoral vote versus the popular vote. in which this has happened four times in history where a president is elected based on the electoral votes but not the popular vote. how does this play out in the past? >> well, usually it undermines a little bit the new president. perhaps the best example of that recently, obviously, was 2000 when al gore got the popular vote, george w. bush got the electoral vote. but even in an election that was resolved in as poisonous an atmosphere as that one was by the supreme court, it's amazing how quickly that began to fade. people understand that under the constitution presidents are chosen by the electoral college. until that changes, that's going to be the case in three days. >> i've spoken to some folks, michael who say if president obama wins a second term he immediately joins the pantheon of great
ronald reagan in 1984 it was in the low 7s. he said the same thing. so if people listen to barack obama, if they find that persuasive he'll win the election. >> let's talk about the dreaded by most accounts split of the electoral vote versus the popular vote. in which this has happened four times in history where a president is elected based on the electoral votes but not the popular vote. how does this play out in the past? >> well, usually it undermines a little bit the new...
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ronald reagan said that. that great socialist, ronald reagan. couldn't get through a republican primary these days. >> very profound point there. can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the investments that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was significant about the seven-minute ad is it didn't mention the millionaire's tax. it doesn't mention the buffet rule. it wasn't playing on the populous theme. it was saying there are things we have done here, there are things that help you, that help your family, that will help you and your family in the future. that
ronald reagan said that. that great socialist, ronald reagan. couldn't get through a republican primary these days. >> very profound point there. can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to...
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whatever happened to this ronald reagan guy? he's a socialist. i think he's out there saying really. reagan is your guy. i don't think so. this party is so far off the right right now. i think it's a great way to --. >> into the big finish, major rejection of austerity measures. the same thing mitt romney wants to bring to the united states. e.j. dionne joins me. stay with us. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 dusters extender can clean hard to reach places in less time. swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. to put more giddy-up in our get-along. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's... ... and mix a little more hop in our hip-hop. with the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles ... you'll want to get up and go. >>> i asked does mitt romney have the character to stand up to the conspiracy theories in the gop? 2% said yes. 98% said no. >>> coming up, as europe rejects a
whatever happened to this ronald reagan guy? he's a socialist. i think he's out there saying really. reagan is your guy. i don't think so. this party is so far off the right right now. i think it's a great way to --. >> into the big finish, major rejection of austerity measures. the same thing mitt romney wants to bring to the united states. e.j. dionne joins me. stay with us. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. [ female...
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reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, that's what it was about. so mitt romney may have won the debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numbers clearly have now shifted in mitt romney's favor. in the new national poll out from the pew research center, governor romney is now tied with the president. romney trailed in this survey by 9 points before the debate. so that's a big shift toward mitt romney and away from barack obama in that poll. like wise in the new gallup poll, mr. romney polled even with the president after the debate erasing a 5-point advantage for the president. we have new polls from the swing states and near swing states. polls that include reaction to t
reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, that's what it was about. so mitt romney may have won the debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numbers...
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. >>> if you add up the net worth of richard nixon, gerald ford, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush and bill clinton and george w. bush and barack obama, the peak lifetime wealth of those presidents and double it, you double that combined amount, that is the associated press's estimate of the ballpark wealth of mitt romney. interestingly, even though mitt romney is worth double the peak lifetime wealth of all those presidents combined, he's only worth about two rick scotts. rick scott is the governor of florida, he was elected in 2010, rick scott is a zillionaire. spent $73 million on his governorship, outspent his opponent. narrowly won the election. his approval ratings have sunk through the floor. stories how weird appeared interesting it is that jeb bush hasn't endorsed anybody and marco rubio hasn't endorsed anybody. nobody wonders about rick scott not endorsing anybody, not a coveted endorsement. the guy has a ton of money. a ton of money can buy a lot in florida politics, personal money or campaign money. mitt romney and his supporters are outspending newt gingrich and h
. >>> if you add up the net worth of richard nixon, gerald ford, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush and bill clinton and george w. bush and barack obama, the peak lifetime wealth of those presidents and double it, you double that combined amount, that is the associated press's estimate of the ballpark wealth of mitt romney. interestingly, even though mitt romney is worth double the peak lifetime wealth of all those presidents combined, he's only worth about two rick scotts. rick scott is...
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it's the ronald reagan philosophy. low taxes are the solution to everything. and government is always the problem. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. republicans have pummeled that bush on you tuesday, americans by the millions rejected those ideas. on taxes, 60% of voters said they should be increased. clearly the president is wins that argument in the eyes of the country, but not just taxes. voighters said enough of squabbling over the definition of rape. they represented strong female representatives. >> despite the odds, you elected the first woman senator to the state of massachusetts. >> i am well aware that i will have the honor to be wisconsin's first woman u.s. senator. there is no way that clair mccaskill can survive. you know what happened? you proved them wrong. >>> on tuesday americans decided to send a record number of women. 20 women to the senate. and it didn't end there. we stood up for marriage equality after 32 straight defeats at the ballot box, it won in maine, won in maryla
it's the ronald reagan philosophy. low taxes are the solution to everything. and government is always the problem. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. republicans have pummeled that bush on you tuesday, americans by the millions rejected those ideas. on taxes, 60% of voters said they should be increased. clearly the president is wins that argument in the eyes of the country, but not just taxes. voighters said enough of...
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news for everyone here on the question of ronald reagan. the verdict is in on this. he's going to go down in history as a great american president. one of the great presidents of the 20th century. and i think arguably one of the two great presidents of the 20th century. the other being a democrat franklin delano roosevelt who is probably one of the two greatest presidents the country's ever had next to lincoln. but ronald reagan in the totality of his presidency was a great president. and so he is the anchor of the republican party. he's the heart and soul. these are a time for some nostalgia. it was a time that people look back on of economic growth, of great foreign policy victories, the end of the cold war which he of course was the architect of. you know, four years ago as we were going through the primary process, there were so much reagan nostalgia on the stage in 2008 where you couldn't get through two minutes of the debate without somebody talking about ronald reagan. and the extent to which the reagan legacy prevented the party fro
news for everyone here on the question of ronald reagan. the verdict is in on this. he's going to go down in history as a great american president. one of the great presidents of the 20th century. and i think arguably one of the two great presidents of the 20th century. the other being a democrat franklin delano roosevelt who is probably one of the two greatest presidents the country's ever had next to lincoln. but ronald reagan in the totality of his presidency was a great president. and so he...
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reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak out against the president of the united states, you're not going to have ronny reagan to have to deal with. you're going to have tip o'neill to deal with. and reeves -- richard reeves said that the democrats followed tip o'neill's leadership. and when the time came, they criticized ronald reagan. but they did it in time. these were two old irish politicians that knew how to work together, even though they disagreed as fundamentally as possible. >> what we need is more people on both sides of the aisle like that. and before we go to a break, mark mcki
reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak...
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nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this last week, so he is going to be going in at this next debate, unless something else happens, which is not likely. you know, with a four-point lead, possibly. so if he can just deliver a solid performance, he will be fine. the danger for him is over compensating. so they talked about al gore, when he was sighing, and demeanor was not good, gore over-compensated again in the third debate, so that is something that people who have had a poor debate performance have to worry about. >> larry, i want to ask you about this very quickly, the next debate style will be town hall. we talked about how the president
nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this...